Air Quality & Pollen - AirCare 4+

AirCare provides an essential service at no cost to the user.

Given the increasing number of wildfires here in the west, having easy-to-access, current, site specific information on air quality wherever I am or plan to go is essential to my health. AirCare provides that information, as well as showing me where fires are. For world travelers, air quality information for many other countries is also available. Making this information available at no cost means that everyone, regardless of income, has access to it. Thank you AirCare!

Updated information not always available

Several locations have not updated their information. The one I was trying to use, CA Jackson - Stoney Creek, was showing information from February instead of today (April 2, 2021). Also, when trying to find a location, the program will not allow you to type in the complete name of a location. It anticipates the wrong place and won’t allow more letters to be added to the search. You should be able to continue typing the name before the program takes over.

Developer Response ,

Hey there Nick, we are not in control of the information, we use open data from public sensors. If the sensor is taken offline by the owner, not much we can do :( You can always set up one yourself from our partners PurpleAir!

As for the typing bug, we're releasing an update right now that fixes that, should be available in a few hours. Thank you for reporting!

Great Application for Air Quality

Read the monitors in my area throughout the day since I had a lung illness years ago and have to be careful when outside especially now with fires and smoke in Central California to plan my day whether I can venture out or not. The news channels give a general forecast but with this great program can look exactly where you live.

With Covid-19 and smoke combined makes this young 76 year old 😀having local monitors has been a great to have to protect me so I can still have a good quality of life during these crazy times.

Thank you